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Echelon kills smart home gym equipment offline capabilities with update (arstechnica.com)

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cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de/t/2476878

Update also blocks compatibility with popular third-party apps.

Well, this is definitely the wrong direction.

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

Which is hilarious as it can take one guy to wreck their market by just coming out and saying "Yeah lol once you buy our stuff you own it". There's a reason why there isn't really a large market for applications that can play media formats. VLC has everyone covered for free.